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BNP Paribas Chairman Baudouin Prot to Step Down

Jean Lemierre Seen as Likely Replacement

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David Enrich and

Noémie Bisserbe

Updated Sept. 23, 2014 11:58 a.m. ET

BNP Paribas SA Chairman Baudouin Prot has decided to step down, according to people familiar with the matter, nearly three months after the French bank agreed to plead guilty to violating U.S. sanctions and pay nearly $9 billion in fines.